We have received some great Spring snow in the mountains this week. We even had a light dusting at our house Saturday morning. We (Kevin and I) decided to ride Mt Saint Helens on Sunday with our friend Steve we met on Adams a month or so back.

We arrived at Marble Mountain SnoPark right at 8 AM. To our surprise it wasn't as packed as usual. We easily found parking and quickly snowmobiled down the trail toward the Muddy River Lahar.

The snowmobiling conditions were spectacular. The best I have had on Mt Saint Helens and maybe the best this year. There was 2-3 feet of powder under partly cloudy skies (with fog off and on).

We played around on the Lahar for awhile before heading up and over to the Plains of Abraham.

It was so much better today than a month ago in the ice. We could really open up the snowmobiles and have fun jumping, carving, and hill climbing. Some people thing snowmobiling is a lazy mans sport, but that is simply not true. I am often more sore after a day of hard riding than a day of hiking or mountain climbing. It's hard work, but super fun.

We didn't put very many miles on the snowmobiles today, but that is because we were only on the trail for 5-10 miles round-trip. The rest of the day was all off trail playing. The snow started to get really wet later in the afternoon after the sun had been on it for several hours. By that time, we were getting tired and the heavy snow forced us to have to manhandle our snowmobiles more. We decided it was time to head back. What an awesome day. Thanks for joining us Steve. You are welcome any time.